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Looking Backward (Mint Editions (Scientific and Speculative Fiction))

Edward Bellamy

Mint Editions Julian West is an aristocrat in 19th century America. He has all that he would ever need, a happy engagement, wealth, and a pleasant place to live. Because of his comfortable place in society, Julian is unsympathetic to the plight of the middle and lower class, and even looks to their...

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Stuff You Should Know

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Stuff You Should Know

It was discussed as a utopian novel that envisioned a future without inequality, early retirement, and a life of leisure, influenced by Christian socialist values.

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And Looking Backward was basically about how, you know, by the year 2000, inequality will have been done away with and people won't work, will retire at 45 and have a life of leisure.

— Episode: Short Stuff: The Pledge of Allegiance

Episode: Short Stuff: The Pledge of Allegiance

It was discussed as a utopian novel that envisioned a future without inequality, early retirement, and a life of leisure, influenced by Christian socialist values.

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And Looking Backward was basically about how, you know, by the year 2000, inequality will have been done away with and people won't work, will retire at 45 and have a life of leisure.

99% Invisible

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99% Invisible

The book, published in 1887, described a utopian society in the year 2000, whose building design inspired the Bradbury Building's design.

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a vast hall full of light Received not alone from the windows on all sides, but from the dome

— Episode: On Location

Episode: On Location

The book, published in 1887, described a utopian society in the year 2000, whose building design inspired the Bradbury Building's design.

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a vast hall full of light Received not alone from the windows on all sides, but from the dome

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

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The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

It was mentioned as a utopian romance book about a young man who wakes up in the year 2000 and sees America transformed by socialism, which was discussed in the context of the Bellamy Society.

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The Bellamy Society was devoted to the discussion of ideas being put forward in America by Edward Bellamy, the author of the utopian romance Looking Backwards.

— Episode: 79 - New Australia - Live w/Celia Pacqu...

Episode: 79 - New Australia - Live w/Celia Pacquola and To...

It was mentioned as a utopian romance book about a young man who wakes up in the year 2000 and sees America transformed by socialism, which was discussed in the context of the Bellamy Society.

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The Bellamy Society was devoted to the discussion of ideas being put forward in America by Edward Bellamy, the author of the utopian romance Looking Backwards.

In this immensely popular book, a young man was treated for insomnia by a hypnotist and woke up in the year 2000 to find America transformed by socialism.

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